The effect of immunodeficiency on the evolution of virulence: An experimental test with the rodent malaria plasmodium chabaudi

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Barclay, Victoria C ^a   Kennedy, David A ^a,b   Weaver, Veronika C ^a   Sim, Derek ^a   Lloyd Smith, James O ^c   Read, Andrew F ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Immune suppression; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EVOLUTION; MALARIA; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; VACCINATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84904961467     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676887     Document Type: Article

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